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 Author: yuksel View Messages Posted By yuksel
 Posted: Jun 20, 2022 01:12
 Subject: Why do some comicon figures have no inventory
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 Topic: Inventories
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yuksel (9)

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some comic con figures have inventory, but there are so many that dont, but they
are of varying value. what is the deal with this?
 Author: Hexy View Messages Posted By Hexy
 Posted: Jun 20, 2022 01:24
 Subject: Re: Why do some comicon figures have no inventory
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Hexy (27)

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Inventories require members to contribute to the community catalogue and input
it themselves. Because Comicon figures are usually limited, it can be challenging
for contributors to get their hands on one. The catalogue can be complicated
and confusing for new users, so they tend not to inventory without help, even
for simple or cheap sets.

- Theo


In Inventories, yuksel writes:
  some comic con figures have inventory, but there are so many that dont, but they
are of varying value. what is the deal with this?
 Author: TheCuteGiraffe View Messages Posted By TheCuteGiraffe
 Posted: Jun 20, 2022 02:35
 Subject: Re: Why do some comicon figures have no inventory
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TheCuteGiraffe (3)

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To add something to the catalouge it requires you to have the product. As the
Comic-con minifigures are in the lower numbers (100-200) it is hard for bricklink
members to add them.
 Author: Hexy View Messages Posted By Hexy
 Posted: Jun 21, 2022 23:27
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Hexy (27)

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In Inventories, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  To add something to the catalouge it requires you to have the product.

(Most of the time) I have added many invetories based on a instruction manual
/ parts list. The set just has to be at least one year old.

  Comic-con minifigures are in the lower numbers (100-200) it is hard for bricklink
members to add them.
 Author: Stellar View Messages Posted By Stellar
 Posted: Jun 22, 2022 04:10
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Stellar (3475)

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In Inventories, Hexy writes:
  In Inventories, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  To add something to the catalouge it requires you to have the product.

(Most of the time) I have added many invetories based on a instruction manual
/ parts list. The set just has to be at least one year old.

  Comic-con minifigures are in the lower numbers (100-200) it is hard for bricklink
members to add them.

But you need to get images of the items that are not in the catalog to complete
the inventory.
 Author: RecycledBrick View Messages Posted By RecycledBrick
 Posted: Jun 20, 2022 01:27
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 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Jun 20, 2022 01:30
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 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Jun 20, 2022 03:53
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In Inventories, yuksel writes:
  some comic con figures have inventory, but there are so many that dont, but they
are of varying value. what is the deal with this?

Some are sealed. To be able to inventory the parts, an owner (often not a seller)
would need to open the set, dismantle the figure and take photos and then reassemble
the minifigure. At that point the minifigure is used and the packaging opened.
That has probably done at least a few hundreds of dollars worth of damage to
the value. And for what? Comic-con figures are rarely dismantled and sold off
as parts, or individual parts found in collections by sellers wanting to sell
them on. And if that does happen, the person with those parts can always add
the parts to the database if they want to sell them.